Virat kohli vs sachin tendulkar

Top 5 / Top 10 182 // 05 Nov 2018, 18:27 IST SHARE Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, the man who rocked the cricketing world with his explosive batting. The inventor of gladiatorial cricket. The bowler killer. There are many titles to this menacing yesteryear batsman. But everything fell short against his demeanour!When Greenidge or Haynes got out, there used to be a deafening silence among the crowd. The world stopped when Sir Viv Richards walked in, with every single pair of eyeballs on him as he walked like a lion going on a hunt, busy adjusting the chewing gum between his jaws, flexing his shoulder muscles one after the other with his weapon.Sir Viv was considered to be one of the most devastating and intimidating batsmen of all time. He was voted as the greatest ODI batsman of all time in 2002. And the third greatest Test batsman of all time, only behind Sir Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.But, if there was any batsman after Bradman, who … [Read more...] about Virat Kohli vs Sir Vivian Richards: A statistical battle

Virat Kohli has joined Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis to state that the usage of two new balls in ODIs has made the game batsman-friendly. After England’s one dominating performance after another, Tendulkar tweeted that two new balls have reduced the importance of reverse-swing in 50-over game. Yesterday, Jason Roy scored his second century of the series and shared in an opening stand of 174 runs with Jonny Bairstow, which was the fifth century partnerships between the pair. Their good opening was capitalized by Jos Buttler who made a stroke-filled unbeaten 59 off 29 balls to help England take a 4-0 lead over their Ashes rivals with one match to go. While yesterday’s win was England's second-highest successful chase in their history, it is also to be remembered that it followed the world record score of 481 runs they scored at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. While some may perceive it as a batting line-up in exceptional form, Tendulkar found the pressure on bowlers ridiculous … [Read more...] about Virat Kohli joins Sachin Tendulkar in condemning two new ball usage in ODI cricket

2014: James Anderson makes Virat Kohli walking duck in the Test series getting him out caught out either behind slips and the stumps. The result: Kohli averages 13.40 in the five-match Test series and India loses the Test series 3-1 after the win in the second Test at Lord’s. 2016: England tours India, Virat Kohli, smashes 655 runs against England as they are ripped apart for 4-0 in the series. It’s the same soil they had success back in 2012. And such was the magic of King Kohli that England, despite scoring 400 runs in the first innings, ended up losing games at Mumbai and Chennai (400 at Mumbai, 477 at Chennai). Kohli himself confessed wrong technique and desperation to succeed were the biggest reasons for his failure in that tour of England. The crowd’s boos and media following him and questioning him also must not have helped. The prolific batsman who was beginning to find his feet in the Test cricket had a horror series. He had returned with scores of 1, 8, … [Read more...] about James Anderson vs Virat Kohli: The battle of summer 2018

BCCI has recommended Virat Kohli’s name for country's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Thursday (April 26). Alongside Kohli, BCCI has also recommended Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Shikhar Dhawan, and Smriti Mandhana’s name in different categories. The Board for Cricket Control in India confirmed that they had recommended Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s name for country's highest sporting honor Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. This is the second time Virat Kohli's name has been recommended for the Khel Ratna award by the country's cricket board. In 2016, the BCCI had recommended Kohli's name for the coveted award but unfortunately, the Indian skipper was not chosen by the government of India. Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid's name was recommended for the coveted Dronacharya award following the tremendous success he had with the India A team and the Under 19 side that won the World Cup in New Zealand. Former Indian legend, Sunil Gavaskar's name has … [Read more...] about BCCI recommends Virat Kohli’s name for Khel Ratna Award

Virat Kohli, who was recently included in TIME’s 100 most influential people list, thanked Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar for his touching words which the latter used to describe Kohli. Kohli was only of the two sports persons, who was outside of the United States of America, to be on the list. Indian skipper and one of the most iconic personalities in the country at present, Virat Kohli has been somewhat of a trailblazer since he led the India U-19 colts to the ICC U-19 world cup title in 2008. Ten years down the line, Kohli’s fan following across the globe is second only to MS Dhoni amongst the Indian sporting fraternity. And in a recent list, TIME's magazine has included the name of Delhi-born cricketer in a list of the 100 most influential persons across the world. And the magazine turned to none other than Sachin Tendulkar to write a few lines on Kohli to be published. Kohli was only one of two sports personalities who were not American nationals to be … [Read more...] about Virat Kohli thanks Sachin Tendulkar for his thoughtful words on him for TIME profile